ArticleInfection and immunity1997
Ehrlichia chaffeensis inclusions are early endosomes which selectively accumulate transferrin receptor.
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Abstract
Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular bacterium which infects macrophages and monocytes. Double immunofluorescence labeling was used to characterize the nature of E. chaffeensis inclusion in the human promyelocytic leukemia cell line THP-1. E. chaffeensis was labeled with dog anti-E. chaffeensis serum and fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated anti-dog immunoglobulin G (IgG). Lissamine rhodamine-conjugated anti-mouse IgG was used to label various mouse monoclonal antibodies. Ehrlichial inclusions did not fuse with lysosomes, since they were not labeled with anti-CD63 or anti-LAMP-1. The ehrlichial inclusions were slightly acidic, since they weakly accumulated 3-(2,4-dinitroanilino)-3'-amino-N-methyldipropylamine and stained weakly positive for vacuolar type H+ ATPase. Some ehrlichial inclusions were labeled positive with antibodies against HLA-DR, HLA-ABC, and beta2 microglobulin, while other inclusions in the same cell were labeled negative. The inclusions were labeled strongly positive for transferrin receptors (TfRs) and negative for the clathrin heavy chain. Time course labeling for TfRs showed that up to 3 h postinfection, most of the ehrlichial inclusions were negative for TfRs. After 6 h postinfection, 100% of the ehrlichial inclusions became TfR positive and the intensity of labeling was increased during the subsequent 3 days. Reverse transcription-PCR showed a gradual increase in the level of TfR mRNA postinfection, which reached a peak at 24 h postinfection. These results suggest that ehrlichial inclusions are early endosomes which selectively accumulate TfRs and that the ehrlichiae up-regulate TfR mRNA expression.
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